Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant

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Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant - Lemmy.World

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So I listened to it and heard nothing about death penalties for reporters. Am I missing something?

Quoting Trump’s post, the nugget of truth is from:

The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!

Which they turned into “Demands Death Penalty” because DailyBeast is a tabloid.

TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed. I’d argue they violate this community’s “credible sources” rule.

well that’s true but also the penalty for treason is the death penalty

Or imprisonment.

Point is, that’s not what the quote directly said. And that’s what distinguishes journalism, and tabloids like DailyBeast (or talking heads/“analysis” like Fox News). Hence, every actual news outlet on this topic went with a factual headline, and quoted Trump directly instead of making a jump.

This distinction is very important to me. Ragebait like DailyBeast is why Trump is in power and the world sucks now, because it works.

I get your point, but the president saying people should get life in prison if not killed for their 1st amendment right which he swore and oath to uphold would be an absolute reason for an immediate impeachment to most.
@LifeInMultipleChoice @brucethemoose However you choose to interpret it or feel about it, it is not factual reporting. You either care about that or you don't.

So the terrorist who spoke their mind was stated here

And the president says they should be executed for their words. They agree with such, or they would not have agreed with what they did